U17: 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (Nov. 1-7)

[Wooren]

Czech republic 3:3 Finland after 1st period.

Yes, kinda crazy game so far.

 

[habsrule4eva3089]

Veleno is such a terrific skater, not as fast but has the McDavid glide. He must have so many takeaways in the q.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finland Czech 7-5.. crazy game 2nd period

Man that Vesalainen is good

 

[VictorLustig]

5-0 Sweden after two. Won't take long for Liljegren & Brännström to score if you take penalties.

Canada Black looked better that period.

 

[Get North]

The Canadian referees always bend over in these type of tournaments. Don't want to look biased so they call every stick on the body. I understand that they are 16 year olds but they've played in the CHL where it's rough hockey and are ready to play physically. Europeans don't play in a no-contact league either.

 

[PorkChopSandwiches]

The gold medal game is Saturday, Nov. 7 in Dawson Creek [/url].

I dont wanna wait ...

 

[Wooren]

CZE 7:7 FIN going to overtime
Craaaaazy game

 

[Erikfromfin]

Very entertaining game... Finland wins 8-7 on overtime.. beauty from Eeli Tolvanen

 

[VictorLustig]

Sweden wins 5-1.

Liljegren-Brännström looks like the best D-pair we've seen in years on a Swedish junior national team. Could be an interesting tournament for sure.

 

[czechcanadian]

CZE 7:7 FIN going to overtime
Craaaaazy game

WOW....
Wish I could have watched that one. Glad we did well anyways. Would love to see the scoresheet..

 

[wings5]

The US has a lot of good ones too. Oliver Wahlstrom is the big name. Jake Wise. Bode Wilde if he chooses our side. T.J. Walsh. Mattias Samuelsson. Jacob Pivonka. But it's probably right to leave 2000s off the list with the Youth Olympics coming up.

The US actually might have a better top end group of 00s than Canada. But alot of young US top talent tends to drop off,as with alot of countries but still ( Khodorenko, Calabrese etc ). Samuelsson from everything I've heard is still pretty raw but might have higher potential than Wilde.

 

[Wooren]

WOW....
Wish I could have watched that one. Glad we did well anyways. Would love to see the scoresheet..

http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/show/11170624?subseason=249628&referrer=2090619&referrer=2090619

Pretty tight game, could have gone either way imo. Considering Finland had the best roster possible, I am happy with the Czech's perfomace. As usual defense wasn't really anything great, though forwards were dangerous and made some nice plays.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Do they prohibit hitting in this age group? I mean, I haven't seen a single hit in Canada White - Russia game yet. It's impossible to watch such a hockey after NHL. It looks like a slo-mo mode.

 

[Plastic Joseph]

How about McIsaac? I've heard good things.

He has amazing upside but not as much as Veleno does at this time. McIsaac will certainly challenge for the top pick in this year's Q draft.

 

[Fantomas]

Andrei Svechnikov scored tonight for Russia in a 2-3 defeat.

 

[savepercentage]

The US has a lot of small guys this year. Jacob Tortora (5'6") is everywhere on the ice. Sean Dhooghe (5'2"!) scored the winning goal against Canada Red. Dylan St. Cyr (5'7") got credit for the win, playing the second half of the game. Quinn Hughes, Logan Cockerill, Logan Hutsko, and David Farrance are all listed at 5'10" or under.

 

[joe89]

The US has a lot of good ones too. Oliver Wahlstrom is the big name. Jake Wise. Bode Wilde if he chooses our side. T.J. Walsh. Mattias Samuelsson. Jacob Pivonka. But it's probably right to leave 2000s off the list with the Youth Olympics coming up.

I was under the impression he's choosing Sweden.

 

[VictorLustig]

I was under the impression he's choosing Sweden.

Thought he decided to play in NA which makes him ineligible to play for Sweden?

 

[czechcanadian]

http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/show/11170624?subseason=249628&referrer=2090619&referrer=2090619

Pretty tight game, could have gone either way imo. Considering Finland had the best roster possible, I am happy with the Czech's perfomace. As usual defense wasn't really anything great, though forwards were dangerous and made some nice plays.

Yeah I ended up finding it there and watched majority of the game. Finns were darn good. Czechs held their own and played some really nice hockey at times.
I was really impressed with Martin Necas. He is very skilled and fast. Obviously Zadina was fantastic as well. Too bad he didn't score the game winner in overtime on that breakaway.. Oh well. Kondelik wasn't very good and Safin had some okay moments.
Overall not a bad performance and I hope they can get into the playoffs.

 

[FinPanda]

Vesalainen looked good when I watched some of the game.

 

[Wooren]

Vesalainen looked good when I watched some of the game.

He was one of the best on the ice definitely.

 

[savepercentage]

I was under the impression he's choosing Sweden.

Probably not. He'd have to move to Sweden and play there two seasons.

 

[leaflover]

For those planning on attending today.
Get an early start on your travels because its snowing and has been since yesterday afternoon.

 

[Zaddy]

Looking forward to this. Lots of good players in every team. Many guys I'm excited to see for the first time.

 

[joe89]

Sweden has been kinda sloppy so far. Good PP in the first and literally a rush from behind his own net to a goal by Liljegren have it tied.